Davos, Switzerland - January 20, 2025 The world stands at a key moment where rapidly evolving technologies can be harnessed to bring huge benefits to society across multiple fields, while China is also playing an important role in the new intelligent age due to the rapid development of its sci-tech sector, according to Olivier Schwab, managing director of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Schwab was speaking in an interview on the sidelines of the ongoing 2025 WEF Annual Meeting, which opened in Davos, Switzerland on Monday, gathering nearly 3,000 participants from various regions and industries, with a call for greater cooperation amid the current global uncertainty. With the five-day meeting themed "Collaboration for the Intelligent Age," much attention at Davos is being placed on how new technologies are impacting our world, and Schwab said that properly exploiting these advancements is key to fostering social and economic development in the new era. Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang delivered a speech at Davos on Tuesday during which he said the world should seize the opportunity to enhance connectivity in the digital age, and ensure that sci-tech achievements can be harnessed for the benefit of all humanity, enabling more countries to get on board the "fast train" of digital economic development. Schwab underscored how China is at the forefront of this new age of intelligence, citing the country's advanced tech industries and its efforts to ensure greater global governance of AI as a major contribution to the world. Shotlist: Davos, Switzerland - Jan 20, 2025: 1. Various of venue of World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting; 2. Various of WEF sign; 3. Interior of meeting venue; signboards for 2025 WEF Annual Meeting, people walking in venue; Davos, Switzerland - Recent 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Olivier Schwab, WEF managing director (partially overlaid with shots 5-10/ending with shot 11): "We are at a moment in time where you have a convergence of a number of technologies which are advancing very rapidly, from synthetic biology, sensors, quantum computing, underpinned by [the] exponential capabilities of artificial intelligence. So all this presents tremendous opportunities for society -- think of cancer research, think of climate solutions, think of solutions for the energy transition."; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Wuhan City, Hubei Province, central China - Jan 10, 2024 5. Various of automobile chip production line; FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown 6. Various of researchers working in medical company's lab; FILE: Shanghai, China - Date Unknown 7. Robotic hand imitating action of human hand; 8. Man operating machine; 9. Robot drawing portrait; 10. Humanoid robot moving; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown 11. Aerial shots of cityscape; 12. Various of robots, robotic arms, workers in workshop; Davos, Switzerland - Recent 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Olivier Schwab, WEF managing director (partially overlaid with shot 14): "China has an important role to play when it comes to the advancement of technologies. And by the way, it's leading in a number of technologies. I think we will hear about further developments in technology from China and how this can contribute to the rest of the world."; Davos, Switzerland - Jan 20, 2025 [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 14. Interior of meeting venue; signboards for 2025 WEF Annual Meeting, people walking in venue; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 15. Various of venue, flags, pedestrians. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]